Some Oklahomans are not alone in their protest of the use of smart meters by Oklahoma Gas and Electric and the Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Protesters in Michigan had the backing of their attorney who challenged Consumers Energy’s ability to recover the costs of the smart meters. But the Michigan Appeals Court upheld a …
The American Automobile Association has some advice and warnings to drivers….watch what kind of gasoline you’re putting in your car. AAA found that many drivers are clogging their car engines by not using gasoline with enough added detergents. By federal law, all gasoline has to have some engine-cleaning additives but many major brands have extra …
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe announced on Wednesday that Bryan County was awarded a $62 million grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program. The grant is designed to “improve safety and efficiency of high volume freight traffic along the US 69/75 corridor in southern Oklahoma,” according to a …
Approved in North Dakota, a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar wind farm. The North Dakota Public Service Commission voted this week unanimously in support of the $250 million wind farm and an electric transmission line in the southwest part of the state. The decision came after the commission made history in March when it heard 15 hours of testimony …
Figures released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed U.S. ethanol exports for May fell to a 9-month low. They totaled 55.7 million gallons, a drop of 42% or 40 million gallons from April. The Renewable Fuels Association indicated that Canada replaced China as the top destination. Nearly 21.5 million gallons were shipped …
Make it 24 straight days that national gasoline prices have dropped. AAA Oklahoma reported this week the national average is down to $2.27 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, three cents cheaper than a week ago and 9 cents less than a month ago. Oklahoma’s average is $2.05, a drop of about four cents in …
With the FBI finally deciding that Hillary Clinton was pretty sloppy and careless in the handling of her emails as Secretary of State but not worthy of criminal charges, Congress is back at work. The House returned today as many Oklahoma Representatives spent the day making flights to D.C. Senators are back on Wednesday …
In a move aimed at identifying government waste and improving transparency, U.S. Sen. James Lankford and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) have introduced a bipartisan bill. They call it the Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act that would fill a gap in federal management and help Congress do a better job overseeing 73 federal agencies where Inspectors …
California-based Pattern Energy Group Inc., a firm with 17 wind farm operations around the world including two in Texas and one in Kansas is spending $269 million to buy a majority interest in a 324-megawatt wind farm in New Mexico. Pattern purchased an 84 percent initial cash flow for Broadview Wind located 30 miles north …
Weyerhaeuser Company, the firm with big operations in southeast Oklahoma just ran into a federal court ruling in Louisiana and it focuses on the endangered dusky gopher frog. The Fifth Circuit recently rejected the timber giant’s appeal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to declare 1,600 acres of private property in Louisiana as …